Taking a look at the top rated online retailers and what they are doing can provide insight into what’s working and what’s coming. Even affiliates can benefit from this information as they think about new and better ways to increase conversions in 2007. Video demonstrations, actually all types of online video, social networking and interactive customer reviews are some of the hot apps that winning etailers are utilizing to boost sales this year and are some of the important trends that will gain more ground next year.

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The Internet Retailer Best of the Web Top 50 Retail Sites

Online video, live webcasts, social networking, customer reviews—these are the kinds of things that make this year’s Top 50 e-retailers shine. Last year the best e-retailers were fine-tuning and adding some features. This year they’re bounding forward in ways that show how some e-retailers are more imaginative and more focused on bringing customers back for more.